UW researchers found that levels of metabolites provide a key to understanding why some organisms respond to low-calorie life-extension diets and others do not.
Amid Surge, Hospitals Hesitate To Cancel Nonemergency Surgeries
Unlike earlier in the year, most hospitals are not proactively canceling elective surgeries, even in some places seeing spikes in coronavirus patients.
High Court Allows Employers To Opt Out Of ACA’s Mandate On Birth Control Coverage
In a 7-2 ruling in a case involving the Little Sisters of the Poor, the court said employers with a “religious or moral objection” to contraceptives should not be forced to insure women for those services.
US medical groups urge public to wear mask, socially distance and wash hands.
We can defeat COVID-19 by allowing science and evidence to shape our decisions and inform our actions, say doctors’ groups.
‘Please Tell Me My Life Is Worth A LITTLE Of Your Discomfort,’ Nurse Pleads
“Health care workers are scared, but we show up to work every single day,” Patel said. Wearing masks, she said, “is a very small thing to ask.”
How COVID-19 in Jails and Prisons Threatens Nearby Communities
Not only can the virus be brought into jails and prisons, but it also can leave those facilities and spread widely into surrounding communities and beyond.
How to help seniors isolated by the COVID-19 pandemic
Even before the pandemic, nearly a quarter of older Americans were socially isolated and about one-third of middle-aged and older adults experienced loneliness.
What Seniors Should Know Before Going Ahead With Elective Procedures
Patients need to take stock of the precautions providers are taking. This is especially true for older adults, who are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19.
Benton, Franklin and Yakima counties approved to move to modified Phase 1 COVID-19 ‘Safe Start’ plan
A total of five counties are in a modified version of Phase 1, 17 counties are in Phase 2 and 17 counties are in Phase 3.
Washington state COVID-19 case and death rates far higher among minorities
Analyses also find virus is increasingly affecting younger age groups.
What to make of the new swine flu detected in China?
Be alert but not alarmed: what to make of new H1N1 swine flu with ‘pandemic potential’ found in China
Pooled COVID-19 testing: What is it?
Group testing for coronavirus – called pooled testing – could be the fastest and cheapest way to increase screening nationwide
Packed bars serve up COVID-19 to patrons
Public health authorities have identified bars as the locus of outbreaks in Louisiana, Florida, Wyoming and Idaho.
Internal Messages Reveal Crisis at Houston Hospitals as Coronavirus Cases Surge
At Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital on Sunday, the medical staff ran out of both space for new coronavirus patients and a key drug needed to treat them
Hollowed-Out Public Health System Faces More Cuts Amid Pandemic
The U.S. public health system has been starved for decades and lnow acks the resources to confront the worst health crisis in a century.